Rapid and template-free synthesis of Cu2O truncated octahedra using glucose as green reducing agent

Cu2O as an emerging semiconductor in photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic treatment of water contaminated with organic substances: a review

“…The presence of impurities that can possibly hamper Cu 2 O performance is occasionally unavoidable. Han et al 57 were able to arrive at a simple, rapid, one-pot and template free synthesis approach for the fabrication of Cu 2 O truncated octahedra. From the synthetic route, a consistent crystalline Cu 2 O truncated octahedra framed by 8 hexagonal (111) and 6 square (100) surfaces was synthesised.…”

“…Cu 2 O truncated octahedron was formed within 10 min reaction time, but as the reaction time increased, the (100) surfaces became etched with bigger holes giving rise to pits. 57…”

Surface-Controlled Photocatalysis and Chemical Sensing of TiO2, α-Fe2O3, and Cu2O Nanocrystals

“…Therefore, to obtain a specific form, a reducing agent is used, the most popular being: glucose [139][140][141]149], ascorbic acid (AA) [16,76,142,150] and hydroxylamine hydrochloride (NH 2 OH*HCl) [138,143,144] or hydrazine [90].…”

Algae-mediated route to biogenic cuprous oxide nanoparticles and spindle-like CaCO3: a comparative study, facile synthesis, and biological properties

“…13,14 Cu 2 O crystals with different morphologies have been prepared by chemical reduction approaches in which Cu 2+ ions convert to Cu + with a reducing agent and several successful methods have been reported for the production of Cu 2 O. [15][16][17][18] Some papers have reported the green and convenient biosynthesis of different metal oxide nanoparticles such as Fe 3 O 4 , 19 CuO, 20 TiO 2 , 21 ZnO, 22 Cu 2 O/CuO 23 and Ag/Cu 2 O, 24 which were produced using natural products. However, up to now, there are relatively few reports on the bio-preparation and algaemediated selective biosynthesis of nanocrystalline Cu 2 O compared with some other metal-based nanoparticles.…”